{"product_id":"a-word-on-words-the-best-of-john-seigenthalers-interviews-9780826505736","title":"A Word on Words: The Best of John Seigenthaler's Interviews","description":"For years the legendary John Seigenthaler hosted \u003ci\u003eA Word on Words\u003c\/i\u003e on Nashville's public television station, WNPT. During the show's four-decade run (1972 to 2013), he interviewed some of the most interesting and most impor­tant writers of our time. These in-depth exchanges revealed much about the writers who appeared on his show and gave a glimpse into their creative pro­cesses. Seigenthaler was a deeply engaged reader and a generous interviewer, a true craftsman. Frye Gaillard and Pat Toomay have collected and transcribed some of the iconic interactions from the show. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Featuring interviews with: \u003cbr\u003e Arna Bontemps - Marshall Chapman - Pat Conroy - Rodney Crowell - John Egerton - Jesse Hill Ford - Charles Fountain - William Price Fox - Kinky Friedman - Frye Gaillard - Nikki Giovanni - Doris Kearns Goodwin - David Halberstam - Waylon Jennings - John Lewis - David Maraniss - William Marshall - Jon Meacham - Ann Patchett - Alice Randall - Dori Sanders - John Seigenthaler Sr. - Marty Stuart - Pat Toomay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Seigenthaler\u003c\/b\u003e (1927-2014) was born in Nashville, Tennessee. He attended Peabody College and worked as a reporter for the \u003ci\u003eTennessean\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1960, he went to work for Attorney General Robert Kennedy and, in that capacity, was attacked by an angry mob in Montgomery, Alabama. He returned to the \u003ci\u003eTennessean\u003c\/i\u003e, where he spent the rest of his career. He hosted the television program \u003ci\u003eA Word on Words\u003c\/i\u003e for four decades. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePat Toomay\u003c\/b\u003e attended Vanderbilt University and played in the NFL for ten years. He has written a number of books, including \u003ci\u003eOn Any Given Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrye Gaillard\u003c\/b\u003e is the author-in-residence at the University of South Alabama. He has written more than twenty books, including \u003ci\u003eWith Music and Justice for All: Some Southerners and Their Passions\u003c\/i\u003e (Vanderbilt, 2008). He is an alumnus of Vanderbilt University.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vanderbilt University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50562449998098,"sku":"9780826505736","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6285f888-0d21-4bad-9451-616b3f38b286.jpg?v=1731860173","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-word-on-words-the-best-of-john-seigenthalers-interviews-9780826505736","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}